What is PHPSESSID

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I m playing around with cookies  And I dont have any cookies called PHPSESSID   Do i need it  Can i remove it   Whats the  function  of it   if  count   POST      setcookie  TestCookie   htmlspecialchars   POST  val     time   3600      print r   COOKIE     Prints   Array        TestCookie    gt  blabla      PHPSESSID    gt  el4ukv0kqbvoirg7nkp4dncpk3

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Check php ini for auto session id   If you enable it  you will have PHPSESSID in your cookies

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It s the identifier for your current session in PHP  If you delete it  you won t be able to access make use of session variables  I d suggest you keep it

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PHPSESSID is an auto generated session cookie by the server which contains a random long number which is given out by the server itself

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PHP uses one of two methods to keep track of sessions  If cookies are enabled  like in your case  it uses them   If cookies are disabled  it uses the URL  Although this can be done securely  it s harder and it often  well  isn t  See  e g   session fixation   Search for it  you will get lots of SEO advice  The conventional wisdom is that you should use the cookies  but php will keep track of the session either way

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PHPSESSID reveals you are using PHP  If you don t want this you can easily change the name using the session name in your php ini file or using the session name   function

[php] What is PHPSESSID?

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